Gumb Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Gumb Surname Definition:
Gumb is from guimp, gump, down hill (in W. or guympo). There is a place called Gump in St. Agnes; and the village of Jump in Roborough hundred, co. Devon. compare the names Kumpe, Gommo.
Gumb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 165 | 1:2,196,721 | 138,143 |
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| England | 43 | 1:1,295,769 | 58,667 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 40 | 1:609,384 | 30,680 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
Gumb (15) may also be a first name.
Gumb Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Gumb is from guimp, gump, down hill (in W. or guympo). There is a place called Gump in St. Agnes; and the village of Jump in Roborough hundred, co. Devon. compare the names Kumpe, Gommo.
The same as Gumm, Gomm, the Old German Goma, a Danish, Gummi in Saxon, a U.S. Gumma. From Anglo-Saxon guma, Goth, id., O. High German gomo, Old English obs. gom, a man.
GUMP: Not from gump, a vulgar word for a foolish person, a dolt, but from Gump, in St. Agnes, Cornwall; from Cornish guimp, gump, downhill, in W. or gwympo.
Gumb Demographics
Average Gumb Salary in
United States
$38,970 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gumb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gumb Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gumb occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gumb? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gumb is the 683,026th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Gumb are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename globally, held by 15 people.
The last name Gumb is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 2,196,721. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 19 percent are found, South Carolina, where 13 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States Gumb is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in France, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 12 percent are found.
Gumb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gumb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gumb last name grew 330 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 108 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gumb Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gumb surname are 18.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.63% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gumb earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.69% less than the national average, earning $38,970 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.46% less than the national average, earning $43,988 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gumbs | 89 | 8,990 | / |
| Ngumb | 89 | 99 | / |
| Ghumb | 89 | 4 | / |
| Goumb | 89 | 2 | / |
| Gumbd | 89 | 2 | / |
| Gumbt | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gunmb | 89 | 1 | / |
| Umb | 86 | 150 | / |
| Ngoumb | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gummbs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gump | 75 | 3,511 | / |
| Umbs | 75 | 126 | / |
| Gomb | 75 | 78 | / |
| Oumb | 75 | 65 | / |
| Humb | 75 | 64 | / |
| Gimb | 75 | 14 | / |
| Aumb | 75 | 14 | / |
| Gunb | 75 | 9 | / |
| Umbt | 75 | 2 | / |
| Umnb | 75 | 2 | / |
| Umbh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Umbd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Umbz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ujmb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Usmb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gumbsch | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gumpp | 67 | 814 | / |
| Gumpe | 67 | 237 | / |
| Humbs | 67 | 202 | / |
| Houmb | 67 | 111 | / |
| Gumpf | 67 | 109 | / |
| Gumfe | 67 | 81 | / |
| Gumps | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gumph | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ghumw | 67 | 10 | / |
| Umbdh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gumpt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Utemb | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngump | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gumpz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gunbh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gummf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Humbd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gunbs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aumnb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haumb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gombp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cgunb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guhnb | 67 | 1 | / |
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Gumb Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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